The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-11


without askihg snybody's psrmission:
They know at Z glance Whist Will suit, and
vefy quickly determine what price 70
ask. Bed clothing b favorite article
OF trade with these people, - = every
kind Of crockery, cups and saucers and
pilates, cheap knives and forks and
spoons, and al the minor but necessary
parapherualia Of humble housekeeping.
Thousands Of pounds Of alleged to-
bacco are sold on the street every month,
and % for the frozen custards, which,
when sweetened, pass for ice-cream, the
soda water that doesn't fizz, the lemon
ade utterly innocent of the aciduous
fruit, and cigarettes that never came
within q mile Of honest tobacco, their
numbers are legion and their quantity
fabulous. The street venders can be d.
vided into three classes: First, those
who have regular stands, which, though
not fixtures, are nevertheless permanent,
such as the fruit, flower, newspaper and
general periodical stands; second,
those having . sufficiently large stock
of goods, necessitating hand-cart or
whose stock in trade consists literally in
few boxes Of matches, some apples or
pears, half dozen lead pencils, q few en-
velopes and half score of cigars. Some
very wealthy people have started in just
this way. A case In point is perfectly well
known to the residents of the Fourth ward.
An honest, industrious, frugal couple
| for many years kept fruit and candy
stand on q corner in the centre OF q
swarming tenement district. After q
few years they moved into store, and
In less than q score of years they not
only owned the store but two buildings
| adjacent and are now counted among the
wealthy of their kind. News stands
near the ferries, one in particular near
Fulton ferry, started but few years age
with q simple table on which were dis
| played the morning and evening papers.
Little by little the stand was increased
until now there is what might
be well called . store, extending
some twenty feet in length, at which
can be bought not only all
the newspapers and all the periodicals
every sort. This Is but q specimen of
what is done in many parts OF the city
Almost every day can be seen, not faI
from st. Paul's Church, one or two
horses and carriages marked "For Sale =
Crowds gather about them, and the sale
proceeds until, by order of q policeman
the business is suspended, to be resumed
few blocks below. During the fruit
season the vicinity of every market IL
crowded with fruit and flowers, from
the owner of Q half dozen doubtful,
peaches up to the proprietor Of
q large stand, elaborately decked
with tempting growths of every kind
Every eligible corner on Broadway, ant
indeed every chief thoroughfare, is occu
pied by seller of fruit Of some kind o.
other. Italians, Irish and Germans hav'
the largest proportions Of these littl,
shops. Their profit is in the pennies
They live by what the ordinary American
would starve on. They are most saving
and economical. They care little fo
comfort, less for cleanliness. They oc
cupy garrets or cellars, saving and care
fully caring for their profits until able t,
loom out in state one or two degree
above that in which they worked at first
The city is busy enough In the day
time, but, after all, the greatest amour
Of street selling is done after nightfall
evening. Many theatres don't ring dow
their curtains until eleven o'clock q
night, but when the audiences pour fort
their first greetings are from the lips q
flower girls and newspaper boys. If in
clined to jollity the 0utcomers seek III
electric-lighted thoroughfares of Broad
way or the Bowery, where they en-
counter at almost every step cries of "Ho
corn" "Will you buy my fowersg
i and meet on every block dealers i
miscellaneous wares, such as fruit
nuts, cheap jewelry and cigars. Fror
that hour on New York's trade is all o
the street or in saloons. Reputabl
; tradesmen are in bed. Well-known store
are under lock and key. II man want
necktie he must buy It on the stree
hot corn, his suspenders can be had fror
outdoor tradesmep only. There is muc
life in the metropolis of which metropol
itans know nothing, and this street vend
ing is one Of the most significant part
thereof Howard.